Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:58:33 -0500 (EST) | From | "C. Scott Ananian" <> | Subject | Re: Available for testing: /dev/pts filesystem |
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On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) wrote:
> Since C. Scott Ananian added support for the SysV/Unix98 /dev/ptmx > multiplex pty master device, I thought I might as well fix the other > side of the equation. At: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/hpa/devpts-2.1.91-pre1.diff > > ... there is a patch for a /dev/pts virtual filesystem which creates > pty device nodes as /dev/ptmx is open. A program (or rather, the C > library) would then use the TIOCGPTN ioctl() to get the pty number, > which would correspond to /dev/pts/<number>.
Out of curiousity: does your /dev/pts support > 256 ptys, if someone ever gets around to adding dynamic-pty support (alternatively, you could change the constant NR_PTYS in the kernel)? --Scott @ @ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOO-(_)-OOo-=-=-=-=-= C. Scott Ananian: cananian@lcs.mit.edu / Declare the Truth boldly and Laboratory for Computer Science/Crypto / without hindrance. Massachusetts Institute of Technology /META-PARRESIAS AKOLUTOS:Acts 28:31 -.-. .-.. .. ..-. ..-. --- .-. -.. ... -.-. --- - - .- -. .- -. .. .- -. PGP key available via finger and from http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~cananian
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